Skip to Main Content

Economics

Your comprehensive station for UCI's economics research content and beyond.

Email this link:

Access Answers


What can I access? 


Access is generally available to all users. Registration or account creation might be required to access.

For commercial websites, the UCI Libraries do not offer premium memberships or subscriptions.

 


Access is available to all users ON the UCI campus and at GML.

OFF campus access requires Authorized Affiliates to log into the VPN with their active UCInetID and password. Authorized Affiliates are users with an active UCInetID and password, i.e. current UCI students, faculty, and staff.

 


Access requires an active UCInetID and password.

Authorized Affiliates are users with an active UCInetID and password, i.e. current UCI students, faculty, and staff.

 

The resources are limited to select UCI populations, based on the user’s status, e.g. current UCI Faculty or PhD students. Please refer to the UCI Libraries for access instructions.

Examples for why content may be limited include: a vendor set restrictions on who may access their information; alternatively, information may be sensitive, identifying, or embargoed;

 


Am I on the UCI network?
Test my UCI connection.


How do I access the UCI network? 
-  Students
-  Employees
-  Alumni
-  Visitors


Am I responsibly using
what I access?

Typically acceptable vs. unacceptable use.

Alternative Investments


Alternative Investments:
Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds, and REITs 
(Real Estate Investment Trusts)

 

Value Line
Access: UCI

Geography: US

Information and advice on stocks, industries, mutual funds, options, and convertibles.  Also covers publicly traded REITs, including financial performance, analysis, ratings, and FFO (Funds From Operations) data in the downloadable PDF Value Line Reports, available at the bottom of the REIT's information landing page. 

 
Business Source Complete
Access: UCI
Geography: Global

Thousands of business articles from news, trade, and scholarly publications, including titles like the Journal of Alternative Investments.
Trade group that produces policy on industry best practices, as well as industry, investor, and retirement research and statistics.  (The UCI Libraries does not have a membership.)
 
Hedge Fund Marketing Association- Indexes
Helpful information, e.g. the lists of active hedge funds.  Also features data, resources, and best practices, all for hedge fund professionals.  
 
Trade advocacy group that has policy, research, and industry data on publicly traded REITs.  (The UCI Libraries does not have a membership.)
 
Bloomberg Terminal
Access: UCI - Authorized Affiliates

Geography: Global

Allows for screening mutual funds and comparing fund performance.  

Return to the top of the page.